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"I endorsed the report on the European platform against poverty and social exclusion. As a member of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, I have a particular interest in poverty among women. On 8 March 2011, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on this issue. This resolution and other strategies for preventing discrimination should be put into effect in parallel with the political strategies adopted as part of the platform.
Gender equality is a precondition for the sustainability of development, employment, competitiveness and social cohesion. As the rapporteur for the opinion on European cooperation in vocational education and training to support the Europe 2020 strategy, I consider it essential to pursue programmes for lifelong learning, distance learning, vocational training and informal learning and to ensure equal access to these programmes.
I appeal to the Member States that, in programming Structural Funds, they maintain as a priority the need to invest in ways to extend the range of education and training available and in a strategy of support for pathways from training to work. Sixteen per cent of the European Union’s population live below the poverty line. For this reason, all the proposals adopted in the resolution are extremely important. The Commission must ensure that there are sufficient funds in the EU budget to enable support for the key initiatives identified in the Commission communication on the European platform against poverty and social exclusion, as well as in the Europe 2020 strategy."@en1
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